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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. R. H. & J. MORROW.

HORSE COLLAR PAD. N0. 439,539. Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD H. MORROIV AND JAMES MORROIV, OF IVASIIINGTON COURT- HOUSE, OHIO.

HORSE-COLLAR PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,539, dated October 28, 1890.

Application filed October 23, 1889. Serial No. 327,922. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RICHARD H. MORROW and JAMES MORROW, citizens of the United States, residing at Washington Court-House, in the county of Fayette'and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridge Collar-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

Our present invention relates to improvements in bridge-pads for supporting the collar, saddle, or other parts of harness and preventing the same from coming in contact with the chafed or galled back of the animal, the present invention relating more particularly to the connection of the crossbar with the pads.

The invention consists in connecting the cross-bar to the pad at one or both ends in such a manner that it will have a swiveled connection as well as a hinged connection and be readily detachable by rotating the same with relation to the pad through an arc of forty-five degrees. To these ends we provide a strip or plate conforming to and adapted to be attached on the upper side of the pad by means of rivets or otherwise and having a socket in which is secured a standard consisting of a circular neck entering the socket and two upwardly-projecting ears perforated for the passage of a bolt or pin, which belt or pin also passes through the perforated end of the cross-bar which fits neatly between the two cars. The neck of the standard is also provided with a T-head which enters a transverse slot in the plate when the standard and cross-bar are turned at right angles to their normal position, and which T-head engages in an enlarged portion of the socket, so as to prevent the removal of the standard when said standard and its cross-bar are returned to their normal position.

The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the novel features then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In said drawings, Figure I is a view showing the application of our invention. Fig. II represents in elevation two pads and the crossbar attached thereto by our improved device. Fig. III is a perspective View of the plate with the standard and a section of the cross-bar, the socket of the plate and the position of the T-head therein being shown. Fig. IV is a detached bottom plan View of the plate, and Fig. V is an end elevation of the standard.

1 rep resents the pads; 2, the socket-plate attached thereto; 3, the socket in said plate; 4, the standard, and 5 the cross-bar secured between the upwardly'projecting ears on the standard by means of the pin 0.

7 represents the circular neck, 7, an annular shoulder, and 8 the T-head on the under side of the standard.

9 is the transverse slot formed in the upper wall of the socket of the plate and corresponding in shape to the T-head 8, so that the said T-head passes freely through the same and turns in the enlarged recess 9, the swiveled movement of the standard and enlarged recess 9 being permitted by the circular neck 7. The length and diameter of the circular neck 7 correspond to the depth and diameter, re

'spectively, of the circular socket 9, so that the former fits the latter, and the shoulder 9 and T-head 8 so impinge on opposite sides of the metal in which the circular socket 0 is formed as to rigidly uphold the standard in the socketplate without restricting the freedom of the standard in turning.

10 represents the arms, and 11 perforations in said arms, whereby the plate is secured to the pad, and these arms are bentto conform to the upper surface of the pad, whatever it may be. If desired, the cross-bar maybe depressed at or about the middle, as represented in Fig. II, or it may be made perfectly straight, as represented in dotted lines in said figure and by full lines in Fig. I. The gig or other saddie or the collar rests upon the cross-bar midway between the two pads, and the length of this cross-bar is preferably such that the pads will lie in close proximity to the edge of the saddle, and thus make a neat appearance and reduce the bulk of the device. This will be understood upon reference to Fig. II.

The swiveled connection and the swiveled connection in combination with the hinged connection afford much ease and a great advantage over the connections heretofore made in devices of this nature-that is to say, the swiveled connection when the bridge is used to support a collar on the neck of the animal permits a rotary movem ent of one or both of the pads relatively to the rigidly-secured crosspiece when the animal turns the head from side to side. Moreover, the hinged connection allows a free up-and-down movement to the neck at or near the shoulders without materially deranging the position of the collar.

The advantage in our present construction over the construction shown in the patent to one of the above-named applicantsm wit, No. 383,821, granted May 29, 1888-is in forming the upwardly projecting ears on the standard, between which is secured the end of thecross-bar instead of the clip, as shown in said patent. Furthermore, the construction of the T-head and slot in the socket permit the immediate and easy disconnection of pads from the cross-bar.

In practice we find that it is not necessary to use the swiveled connection on both pads, but that the use of the same on the front pad is all that is required, the rear pad being connected to the cross-bar by a simple hinged connection, as described.

Having thus described our invention, the

following is what we claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a bridge-pad, substantially as described, the connection for the cross-bar and pad, consisting of the standard and the socketplate, said socket-plate having the slotted circular socket and the enlarged recess, and said standard having the circularneck, the shoulder, and the T-head, all substantially as described.

2. The combination of the pads 1, the plate 2, having socket 3 and slot 9, and standard 4, having a neck 7'and T-head 8, engaging, respectively, in said socket and slot, the upwardly-projecting ears, and the cross-bar 5, pivotally secured between said earsby means of the pin 6,all substantially as herein shown and described.

WVitnesses:

HERMAN RICE, W. H. DIAL. 

